At a recent coffee klatch, Professor Lucius Flatley again took up the subject of decision-making, asking the assembled coffee drinkers if they were aware of the invisible forces of brain chemistry. He insisted that most choices made in day-to-day life are prompted by impulses lodged deep within the old brain case. “We are captives of […]
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EDITORIAL – Expert predictions are mixed, at best
With the Mayan apocalypse now proved a bust, we know we now have to deal with 2013. Each year at this time, we turn to a Current Publishing tradition in using the most sophisticated technology available in the newsroom for predicting events in the coming year – the Magic 8 Ball. It’s proven to be […]
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Scarborough’s Morrison Center grant brings tablets to students
SCARBOROUGH – When Paul Agnew began teaching students with developmental disabilities at the Morrison Center in Scarborough three years ago, about a year before the first iPads hit the commercial market, he noticed that the first instinct of his charges when using a computer was to try and touch icons and other items on the […]
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Scarborough’s Morrison Center grant brings tablets to students
SCARBOROUGH – When Paul Agnew began teaching students with developmental disabilities at the Morrison Center in Scarborough three years ago, about a year before the first iPads hit the commercial market, he noticed that the first instinct of his charges when using a computer was to try and touch icons and other items on the […]
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South Portland police log – 12/27
Arrests Monday, Dec. 10 Theodore K. Rice, 51, of Lake Worth, Fla., at 2:44 a.m., on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Summonses Saturday, Dec. 8 Alexa Rivers, 18, of Durham, at 10:34 a.m. on Fort Road, for possession of alcohol by a minor. Monday, Dec. 10 A male juvenile, 17, of South Portland, at […]
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Briefs – 12/27
South Portland get major donation South Portland took in nearly $10,000 in donations during the first two weeks of December, including the gift of 2,500 in heating oil for the needy. Through its local office on Clark Road, Global Companies LLC of Waltham, Mass., one of the nation’s largest wholesale fuel distributors and the owner […]
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Looking Back – Issue of Dec. 26, 2002
Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky is looking to increase restrictions on teenage drivers to improve road safety in Maine, but driving schools and driving students aren’t happy with what he has proposed. Gwadosky would like to discuss with the public and legislators the possibility of increasing the driving age from 16 to 17; banning teens […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – These beans count only slightly
Family gatherings can be tricky things to navigate any time of year, but they get a tad riskier and fraught with danger this time of year. Why is that? At a recent Thanksgiving get-together, it was decided, for obvious reasons, that we wouldn’t talk about the Red Sox. What’s the point? It was also decided […]
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Four South Portland residents charged with robbery after fight over cell phone
SOUTH PORTLAND – Four South Portland residents are charged with robbery following a disagreement over the sale of a cell phone. According to police, the disagreement surfaced after a man sold a cell phone to one of the suspects on the night of Dec. 25. The phone was found to be unusable, and the parties […]
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Arrests, summonses made in connection with pot cookies in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH – Three arrests and seven summonses have been made in connection with a Dec. 7 incident involving marijuana cookies sold at Cape Elizabeth High School. The charges involve boys age 15 to 17, as well as one 18-year-old senior, Samuel Sherman. All are Cape residents, except one of the 16-year-olds, who lives in […]